I don't remember that this was mentioned here, so sorry if I repeat it.
4th International Linux Audio Conference =========================================
27-30 April 2006 @ ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany
In cooperation with people of the Linux Audio Developers Mailinglist, the Institute for Music and Acoustics at the Center for Art and Media (ZKM), Karlsruhe/Germany, invites to the
LAC2006 4th International Linux Audio Conference
27 - 30 April 2006
at the ZKM | Institute for Music and Acoustics, Karlsruhe/Germany.
LAC2006 aims at bringing together developers and users of Linux and open source audio software with the target of information sharing, project discussion and music.
Highlights:
* Public Talks and Workshops * Concerts * Internet Cafe * Proceedings * Live Audio/Video Stream * Free admission to all events except the concerts
Read more here: http://lac.zkm.de/2006/
The Programme contains several Pd related talks and concerts. These are their abstracts so far:
Agostino Di Scipio Using PD for Live Interactions in Sound. An Exploratory Approach ("Composer's Talk")
This presentation illustrates the principles and motivations behind the composition of Modes of Interference, a work conceived as an audio feedback system with trumpet and electronics. It focuses in particular on the Pd signal-processing patch specifically designed for that, basically implementing the nonlinear coupling between a microphone input and two loudspeakers' output. The particular coupling methods allow for control of feedback between the two ends of the audio loop.
The Pd patch has two main functionalities. (1) It is designed to deliberately cause, and dynamically handle, high-gain audio feedback situations, thus providing useful musical control over the so-called Larsen effect (that way, a typical problem in live electroacoustics is turned into an opportunity for musical exploration). (2) It is also designed to dynamically transform any input sound material by means of simple methods of granular re-sampling, indirectly affecting the feedback loop itself. The results widely vary depending on several acoustical circumstances, and reflecting the network of mutually dependent variables in the overall audio system loop. The presentation briefly illustrates how that musical potential is explored in Modes of Interference.
Frank Barknecht 128 Is Not Enough - Data Structures in Pure Data
A lesser known feature of Miller Puckette's popular audio and media development framework Pure Data is the possibility to create user defined graphical data structures. Although the data structures are included in Pd for several years, only recently a sigificant number of users discovered and used this feature. This paper will give an introduction to the possibilities of Pd s data structures for composers and musicians and present several example applications.
Eric Lyon A Sample Accurate Triggering System for Pd and Max/MSP
A system of externals for Pd and Max/MSP is described that uses click triggers for sample-accurate timing. These externals interoperate and can also be used to control existing Pd and Max/MSP externals that are not sample-accurate through conversion from clicks to bangs.
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